but barely 16 months before, ted was touring latin america without joan and allegedly without scruples. this fbi report on that trip was initially released with most details blacked out. only now have the blanks been filled in with claims that kennedy made arrangements to rent a brothel in chile for a night. and invited a u.s. embassy chauffeur to party with him there. >> we had to sue and we kept on pushing as to why certain information was being withheld. >> reporter: documents show there was pressure from the kennedys to suppress the report, not the first time they've tried to squelch unflattering information about the family. but with ted now gone, you wonder, do we really need to hear 50-year-old dirt about him? journalism professor dan kennedy of northeastern is from the opposite end of the political spectrum from the right leaning judicial watch. >> the freedom of information act certainly says that they should be public. and usually people have to fight tooth and nail to get those documents out. >> that was wbz's john keller reporting. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning